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The Rotary Eye Bank
Out of a total 16,000 eyes received by eye banks throughout
country through eye donations, only a third meet all the
criteria of international standard, as per the requirement
for quality control of eye banks.
The Rotary Aravind International Eye Bank
The Rotary Aravind International Eye Bank seeks to provide a sustainable solution to the problem of corneal blindness, which affects 2.5 to 3.0 million persons in India. The initiative of the Rotary District 3000 under the matching grants programme funded the establishment of the eye bank. It collects, evaluates, processes and distributes viable corneal tissues to the needy. The Rotary Aravind International Eye Bank - Madurai was officially set up in the year 1998 and is one of the 8 eye banks in teh country affiliated to the International Federation of Eye Banks (IFEB), which stipulates stringent standards of quality for corneas used in transplants.
Aravind - IOB Eye bank, Coimbatore
Mr. M. Shanmugam, Deputy General Manager, Indian Overseas Bank, Coimbatore, inaugurated Aravind IOB Eye Bank. Dr.P.Namperumalsamy, Mr.G.Srinivasan, Dr.PDG Pratap Gokul Das, Rotary International District 3200 and Lion MJF.Sarathamani Palaniswamy were a few of the others who participated in the inaugural function. Several awareness creation programmes were also organised on various significant dates to initiate and motivate people for eye donation. In the year 2005, the Eye Bank received a total of 438 eyes, out of which 271 eyes were used for transplantation.
Rotary Aravind Eye Bank, Tirunelveli
Stepping into the second year, the Eye bank has showed a progress in the corneal retrieval in the year 2005. The eye bank recovered a total of 44 corneas from 22 donors in the year 2005. 13 cornea were utilized for surgery, remaining for training purpose. Several awareness programmes were organised to stress the need for motivating the community to donate eyes.
Aravind Eye Bank Association of Pondicherry
In 2005, the eye bank received 67 corneal tissues from the local people and 47 corneal tissues from other eye banks.
The Eye bank's primary mission is restoration of sight. In order to fulfill this mission, the Eye Bank provides corneal tissue for transplantation, supports research, training and promotes public awareness of the need for donors.
Functions of Eye Bank:
- Procurement of eyes
- Processing of eyeballs
- Distribution of Corneal tissues
- Training to Eye Bank technicians & corneal surgeons
- Promote public relation activities
- Provide eye tissues for Training & Research
| PERFORMANCE OF THE EYE BANK - MADURAI |
| Year |
Eyes Recovered |
For Transplantation |
For Training |
For Research |
| 1998 |
253 |
138 |
115 |
nil |
| 1999 |
781 |
443 |
338 |
nil |
| 2000 |
851 |
485 |
356 |
10 |
| 2001 |
859 |
408 |
437 |
14 |
| 2002 |
1471 |
553 |
427 |
491 |
| 2003 |
1420 |
495 |
400 |
525 |
| 2004 |
1515 |
562 |
481 |
472 |
| 2005 |
1610 |
530 |
522 |
558 |
| Total |
8760 |
3614 |
3076 |
2070 |
| PERFORMANCE OF THE EYE BANK - COIMBATORE |
| Year |
Eyes Recovered |
Used Eye Balls |
For Training |
| 1997 |
32 |
20 |
12 |
| 1998 |
162 |
127 |
35 |
| 1999 |
185 |
155 |
30 |
| 2000 |
208 |
161 |
47 |
| 2001 |
284 |
167 |
117 |
| 2002 |
404 |
164 |
240 |
| 2003 |
415 |
163 |
252 |
| 2004 |
367 |
207 |
160 |
| 2005 |
438 |
272 |
166 |
| Total |
2495 |
1436 |
1059 |
| PERFORMANCE OF THE EYE BANK - TIRUNELVELI |
| Year |
Eyes Recovered |
Used Eye Balls |
For Research |
| 2004 |
20 |
7 |
13 |
| 2005 |
44 |
13 |
21 |
2006
(Till April 20th 2006)
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14 |
2 |
10 |
| Total |
78 |
22 |
44 |
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